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Mormon Defiance.
From the proceedings of a recent meeting of anti-polygamists at Salt Lake it appears that the Mormons are not all inclined to submit to the law of the country as defined in the recent decision of the supreme court. The resolutions adopted by the meet-ing affirm that John Taylor, the present head of the church, still de-nies the right of congress to legislate and of the courts to execute laws against his "religion," embodied in the institution of polygamy. Since the decision was rendered, it is added, one of Brigham Young's sons has married a fifth wife; several other dignitaries among the saints have signalized their contempt, for the law by contracting polygamous marriages, and there is not the slightest indication of a desire or willingness to let the "peculiar in-stitution" of Utah peaceably die out. If these allegations are true, there is but one course left for the govern-ment. The law will have to be en-forced. The means of its enforce-ment must be provided by congress, and this provision should be made without delay. There is no disposi-tion to insist upon the merciless en-forcement of the law against past offenses, if the Mormons can persuade themselves to be of good conduct for the future. But they must under-stand that the same force which crushed out one of the "twin relics of barbarism" will be unhesitatingly exerted to destroy the other if milder measures cannot accomplish the task. The matter should receive the immediate attention of congress and the administration.

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Mormon Defiance.
From the proceedings of a recent meeting of anti-polygamists at Salt Lake it appears that the Mormons are not all inclined to submit to the law of the country as defined in the recent decision of the supreme court. The resolutions adopted by the meet-ing affirm that John Taylor, the present head of the church, still de-nies the right of congress to legislate and of the courts to execute laws against his "religion," embodied in the institution of polygamy. Since the decision was rendered, it is added, one of Brigham Young's sons has married a fifth wife; several other dignitaries among the saints have signalized their contempt, for the law by contracting polygamous marriages, and there is not the slightest indication of a desire or willingness to let the "peculiar in-stitution" of Utah peaceably die out. If these allegations are true, there is but one course left for the govern-ment. The law will have to be en-forced. The means of its enforce-ment must be provided by congress, and this provision should be made without delay. There is no disposi-tion to insist upon the merciless en-forcement of the law against past offenses, if the Mormons can persuade themselves to be of good conduct for the future. But they must under-stand that the same force which crushed out one of the "twin relics of barbarism" will be unhesitatingly exerted to destroy the other if milder measures cannot accomplish the task. The matter should receive the immediate attention of congress and the administration.